Girdle



Feb. 2l, 1950 c, BRAUN ET Al. 2,498,481

GIRDLE Filed April 17, 194s REGULAR LOW BUTT NEEDLES 'FRONT NEEDLE BEDSPECIAL HiGH BUTT Lune NEEDL'ES TRONT NEEDLE BED LOW BUTT NEEDLES OFSHORTER LENGTH 'FRONT NEEDLE BED NVNTORS CHARLES ERAUH WLM/xm NEFF BYOTTO LICH'rENsfrEx/zca Patented Feb. 21, 1950 GIRDLE Charles Braun andWilliam A. Ne, Union City, and Otto Lichtensteiger, Teaneck, N. J.

Application April 17, 1948, Serial No. 21,596

(Cl. .G6-176) 2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a full-fashioned knit elastic girdle or pantymade on flat type double lock knitting machines.

An object of the present invention is to provide a garment, such as atwo-Way stretch girdle,

which is knit without taking the needles out of action, and which has atop border and a bottom border, both of which are tubular, the topborder having greater resiliency than the bottom border.

Another object is to provide a garment as aforesaid, employing a jerseyknit and in which the proper confinement is attained at the waist, hipand thigh portions of the garment.

Another object is to provide a garment as aforesaid, wherein the body ofthe garment has substantially twice as many courses as the borders.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing and to the appended claims in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front View of a girdle constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The present invention is illustrated by way of example, in the form of atwo-way stretch girdle Il! for women. This is a girdle that'I haselasticity both to increase the diameter of the garment and to increaseits length to the end that, by contraction, it will produce a confiningor binding effect on the wearer.

This girdle is formed of a piece of material which is knit flat on aflat bed double lock knit-v ting machine. It is sewed along one side topron vide the vertical seam II. The portions of the seam II traversingthe top border I2 and the bottom border I3 of the garment, andidentified by the reference numerals Ila and Ilb respectively, are sewnin the usual manner, but the portion I Ic traversing the body I4 of thegarment is sewn in the loops of the fabric. The thread utilized inknitting the two-way stretch girdle is a thread having a rubber coreabout which is Wound a thin silken or rayon fiber. Thus the threadsthemselves are elastic as Well as the material formed from them.

The fabric is knit so that when it is shaped into a girdle by the seam II it will have the necessary confinement at the waist, hips and thigh.The

girdle is jersey knit throughout. The body I4 is 55 2 of light weightjersey knit with high butt long needles. The borders are tubular, beingor twoply jersey material, as shown in Fig. 2. The three dierent stretchcharacteristics found at the top border, body and bottom border areattained without putting or taking the needles of the machine out ofaction.

The top border I2, which fits at the waist, has much more resiliencythan the bottom border I3. This is accomplished by using a regular lowbutt needle for knitting the border I2 which is longer than the needlefor knitting the border I3, the longer needle making a shorter ortighter stitch.

To be able to knit a jersey material and a tubular jersey material onthe same machine, one must use high and low butt needles. Going fromleft to right, the cams are set so that they will cause the needles toknit the bottom border with the rst yarn from the carrier on the backneedles only, for as many needles as desired, and then shift to thefront needles for the body portion,

shifting to the hack needles again for the top border. The second yarnknits on the front needle bed only. Going from right to left the firstyarn knits on the front needles only and the second yarn knits on theback needles, then shifts on the front needles and again on the backneedles.

In order to knit the bottom border so as not to create a tight oruncomfortable binding at the thighs, a much shorter special low buttneedle must be used, which will knit a looser or longer stitch.

The body I4 of the girdle has two hundred courses Whereas the bordershave only one hundred courses on each side of the tubular cuis. If thesecourses were knitted on a conventional machine, the body would be twiceas wide as the borders. Thus, by using different lengths of needles, agarment can be knitted in'which the body is the correct width relativeto the top and bottom borders to effect a perfect t, and the properrelative elasticities of the body, top border and bottom border areobtained. The top border is shorter walewise than the body portion ofthe garment and the bottom border is longer walewise than the topborder.

Garters I5 are sewed to the bottom border I3. Pockets I6 are sewn in thetop border I2 and stiifeners I'I are disposed in the pockets.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of ourinvention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifica- 3 tions coming Within the scope of the invention,as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A garment of girdle-like configuration comprising a body knit 'ofthread having a rubber core, the knit being jersey knit, the rtwoopposite ends of said body being united along one. side of said garment,a loop-like band having iront and rear Walls integral with the top ofsaid body, the

knit of said band being of jersey knit, a looplike band having front andrear walls integral with the bottom of said body, the knit of saidbottom band being of jersey knit, said topiband being shorter Walewisethan said body and said bottom band being longer walewise than the topband, the thread of said bands having a rubber core and the oppositeends of each of said bands being ,sewed togetherin line with the unitedends of said body.

21 A garment .of girdle-like conguration comprising a body knit ofthread having a rubber core, the knit being Ajersey knit with twohundred courses, the two opposite ends of said body being united alongone side of said garment, a loop-like band having front and rear walls.integral with the top of said body, the knit of said REFERENCES CITEDThe following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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